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This loved-up ensemble piece is cheerfully apolitical, pro-drugs and pro-hedonism – and features a very funny film debut from Danny Dyer

A warm nostalgic glow surrounds this likably daft and zeitgeisty one-crazy-night clubbing adventure from 1999. It’s a Cool Britannia time-capsule written and directed by Justin Kerrigan, starring John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Lorraine Pilkington, Nicola Reynolds and a cherubic young Danny Dyer making his movie debut. Dyer’s character ends up down the pub moodily swearing off drugs for ever – and if we wondered how that was going to turn out, we can flashforward to his performance this year in Nick Love’s Marching Powder, in which he does much the same thing.

Human Traffic revolves around a group of gurning mates: a classic 90s ensemble of mononymous characters – Jip, Koop, Lulu, Nina and Moff – individually introduced in freeze-frame voiceover in that distinctive 90s Britmovie style, as popularised by Danny Boyle...

The highly anticipated animated adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” world premiering on Monday at the Annecy Animation Festival, has debuted its first footage, Variety can reveal exclusively.

In the clip, we get our first look at Seth Rogen’s Napoleon, Gaten Matarazzo’s Lucky and Kieran Culkin’s Squealer as the trio catch up post-animal rebellion. Other notable Hollywood stars not present in the clip but who lend their voices to the cast include Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Steve Buscemi, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, Iman Vellani and Serkis himself.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “When a group of farm animals rebel and kick their neglectful farmer off the land, life is good and the dream of a free, equitable future is within sight. But power struggles among some of literature’s most infamous characters ensue, and the realities of living in a world designed for...

For four decades and counting, Carl Cox has commanded the decks at Ibiza residencies, headlined music festivals, and curated classics at underground raves. The veteran British DJ has developed a pre-show regime over the years: He eats nutrient-rich salads or fish-based dishes, drinks more water than alcohol, and occasionally clears the room for a moment of stillness. As he steps out of his air-conditioned trailer and into the broiling warehouse, teeming with sardined fans, he’s reminded why he keeps coming back. He cues up his first record, and his nerves wash away.

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The Ultra Music Festival is hitting downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park again with a lineup that features techno legend Dubfire and a who’s-who of Edm artists and bass mainstays from Knife Party and Claude VonStroke, to Steve Aoki, Dom Dolla, Deadmau5, and Hardwell. The annual fest kicks off its 25-year anniversary from March 28-30, with over 50 new artists added to this year’s lineup, including Australian producer...

Calvin Harris revealed that his time DJing live is eventually going to come to an end.

The music producer-songwriter, who turned 40 in January, shared in a recent interview with U.K. radio station Capital Dance that he will likely stop DJing in approximately 10 years.

“I always said that once I get past 50, I can’t see me DJing, man,” the “This Is What You Came For” artist said. But host MistaJam was quick to point out that British DJ Carl Cox is still active, doing live performances at age 61.

“It’s a certain type of DJing. On the more commercial end, it gets a wee bit… a little bit suspect,” Harris quipped.

Though Harris has brought his music all around the world, headlining some of the biggest festivals including Coachella, he shared that once he moves away from DJing, he wants to turn his focus to the studio.

“I think...

Today, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and producer, Moby, shares In My Heart remixes from acclaimed British DJ’s Carl Cox and Paul Woolford.

In My Heart is one of 15 iconic Moby tracks written or recorded in New York between 1994 – 2010 orchestrally reworked for his recent 20th studio album Resound NYC, released through Deutsche Grammophon.

Broken Hands. Paul Woolford

On working with Carl Cox and Paul Woolford, Moby said, “‘one of my favorite things is to send multitracks of a song to legendary remixers like Paul and Carl, and then happily listen to the magic they’ve created’.”

Paul Woolford said, “I’ve been playing Moby’s records since the start in 1991 so when he asked me to rework In My Heart with Gregory Porter I immediately said yes. Furthermore, I wanted to contribute a Special Request version of the song that almost floats as a beatless ambient version, so there’s...

More than 600,000 revellers descended on Riyadh this past weekend for Soundstorm, the largest music festival in the Arab world.

Hosted by the music entertainment company Mdlbeast, Soundstorm has grow since it first debuted in 2019, contributing 118.5m to the Saudi economy and creating 16,000 jobs. Each year, the festival greets artists and audiences from around the world, this year’s headliners included Bruno Mars, David Guetta, and Peggy Gou.

For many Saudis and those in the wider region, it’s the event of the year. Omar, 25, described it as an “oasis of freedom” and spoke excitedly about seeing DJ Khaled on Friday night; one of several artists returning to the festival, welcomed back by a crowd that knows how to have a good time.

Like Burning Man in Nevada, Soundstorm reinvents the landscape in which it is rooted, bringing the desert to life. The energy in Riyadh this weekend was electric: boys...

Gabin Rivoire’s documentary “Laurent Garnier: Off the Record,” which explores the origins and rise of techno music through the eyes of one of its pioneers, has sold to multiple territories. The film screens on Saturday at both the Edinburgh and Karlovy Vary film festivals.

The documentary has been acquired in France by Condor Distribution, in Italy by Wanted Cinema, in Spain by Filmin, in Scandinavia by Njutafilms, in Russia by Beat Films, in Switzerland by Rts, and for Ex-Yugoslavia by McF Megacom. Anton, who co-financed and executive produced the film, is handling worldwide sales and is in discussion on closing other key territories.

Speaking exclusively to Variety prior to the film’s world premiere in May at Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen, DJ and music producer Garnier said that he had chosen Rivoire to helm the project because the filmmaker was able to capture the passion Garnier felt about dance music.

Gabin Rivoire’s documentary “Laurent Garnier: Off the Record,” which explores the origins and rise of techno music through the eyes of one of its pioneers, is set to world premiere on May 7 in front of a live audience at the Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen. Anton, which is handling world sales, has released its first official trailer exclusively to Variety. Garnier, one of the world’s leading DJs and a well-respected music producer, talks to Variety from his home in France, which is still in lockdown, preventing him from traveling to the premiere, about how the film evolved, his love of techno, and how the pandemic caused him to stop listening to techno music for the first time in more than 30 years.

Garnier had been approached a few times by people wanting to make a documentary about his life, but wanted to “open the doors and work in trust” with a filmmaker,...

The Notorious B.I.G.’s son, Christopher Jordan “Cj” Wallace, has released a house remix of his late father’s hit “Big Poppa.”

The instrumental comes from the upcoming collection Ready to Dance, co-produced by Cj Wallace and featuring reimagined dance renditions of Biggie’s music, with the rapper’s vocals stripped and the samples reconfigured to create a new spin on hip-hop classics.

“Big Poppa (House Mix)” was produced by Wallace alongside Jonathan Hay, Sarah Rush, and Willie Mack.

“This process has been an enlightening wake-up call and an adulting experience for me.

Exclusive: Filmmaker, producer and financier Bert Marcus, principal of Bert Marcus Film and Bert Marcus Production, has signed with Wme.

Marcus’ latest production, Bull, made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last year and went on to win Deauville’s Grand Jury Prize and SXSW’s “Lone Star” Award. Bull stars Rob Morgan, and tells the story of a reckless teen who befriends an aging bull rider.

Marcus also produced the narrative feature, Human Capital, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The intense drama, written by Oscar-and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Oren Moverman, is a remake of the 2013 Italian film. Human Capital, stars Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Peter Sarsgaard.

Marcus has also directed and produced a number of documentaries. In 2018, he directed, wrote and produced the critically acclaimed Netflix original documentary, The American Meme, which the streamer acquired out of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Miami’s Ultra Music Festival may have been canceled due to the coronavirus, but fans will now be able to experience the festival virtually.

Sirius Xm announced on Monday that they will broadcast the Ultra Virtual Audio festival via Umf Radio on Friday, March 20th at 5:00 p.m. Et. The channel will run through Monday, March 23rd.

The virtual broadcast will feature DJ sets from artists originally scheduled to perform at the festival, including Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, Major Lazer, Lost Frequencies, Oliver Heldens, Nicky Romero and more.

Ultra Music Festival, the annual electronic and dance music blowout in Miami, was officially postponed Friday amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

“We are emphasizing to the public that this decision is not a cause for alarm, but rather that we are doing it in an abundance of caution,” Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said at a press conference Friday. Along suspending Ultra, Suarez also announced that Miami’s annual Carnival celebration, Calle Ocho, would also be canceled.

Suarez said the city was following the Center for Disease Control’s...

British house and techno record producer and DJ Carl Cox is going on a spring North American tour. The tour kicks off on March 6 in Chicago and wraps in San Francisco on May 15. The 57-year-old award winning artist has had a long and successful career in the music industry. He has performed in […]

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Ultra Music Festival Miami has announced the first phase of their lineup, which includes DJ headlining sets from the Chainsmokers, Marshmello, Martin Garrix, Tiësto and Carl Cox with live headlining sets from Deadmau5, Galantis and Odesza.

The festival, which will move to its new home of Virginia Key Historic Beach Park and Miami Marine Stadium in 2019, runs from March 29th through March 31st and features electronic music artists performing across multiple stages.

Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Zedd and Zeds Dead are also among the DJ headliners in the...

Paul Oakenfold likes to boldly DJ where no man has DJ’ed before. In 2003, he became the first person to tote turntables onto the Great Wall of China. Last year, he played a set for the sherpas and mountaineers at Everest Base Camp. And on Thursday night, as the sun set over Salisbury Plain, he performed the first DJ set ever presented at the 4,500-year-old circle of monoliths that is Stonehenge.

“No other artist has ever played there and a lot of people have tried, including the Rolling Stones,” the...

"You want to share it with as many people as possible." Abramorama has debuted the trailer for a music documentary titled What We Started, focusing on the Edm (or Electronic Dance Music) scene. I confess I am a huge Edm fan and have been listening for many years. This doc attempts to be a definitive look at the scene and the music and the people behind it all. The documentary features heavy-weight electronic dance music artists, including the infamous young new DJ, Martin Garrix, the legendary Carl Cox, as well as appearances by Erick Morillo, Moby, David Guetta, Afrojack, Paul Oakenfold, Seth Troxler, and DJ Tiesto. There are multiple cameos from musical superstars, including Usher and Ed Sheeran, who help exemplify the power and reach that electronic dance music has over mainstream music genres. This really looks damn good, seems to be a comprehensive examination of the entire culture. I'm...

Bert Marcus Productions has partnered with Abramorama for the North American distribution rights to documentary, What We Started, which delves into the world of electronic dance music, providing backdoor access to a widely misunderstood industry. Written and directed by Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi, the pic features appearances from such artists as Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Moby, David Guetta, Afrojack, Usher, and Ed Sheeran. Abramorama will premiere What We Started March…...

In an exclusive clip for What We Started, the upcoming documentary focusing on the impact of electronic dance music that will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, audiences get a look at how age is but a number in the world of Edm. 

The film focuses on industry pioneer Carl Cox, as well as up-and-coming DJ Martin Garrix, who has already found success at the age of 17. Other featured artists include Steve Angello, Tiesto, Afrojack, David Guetta, Usher, Ed Sheeran and more.

Bert Marcus Productions produced the doc.

What We Started will have its...

During a recent interview with Times of India, Martin Garrix revealed that his ambitions lie far beyond the confines of dance music. The DJ, who recently took home some major awards at the MTV Ema’s, candidly discussed a range of topics in the Q&A session, talking about his role in the upcoming documentary What We Started, while offering up some insight into his creative process as well.

In the interview, Garrix explains that he wants to go the route of DJs like Calvin Harris and Avicii and make the full transition into mainstream pop. We’ve already seen the Dutch producer headed in this direction with the radio friendly “In The Name Of Love” with Bebe Rexha from earlier in the year, and it’s definitely a direction we’d like to see him explore more.

“I want to produce more number one hits but not follow trends blindly!

The lineup is 'insane,' Avicii tells MTV News of March festival in Miami.

By Akshay Bhansali

Afrojack

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In December, Ultra Music Festival — Miami Music Week's annual mega-conclave, attended by more than 150,000 fans last year — announced another staggering lineup for 2012.

On Friday, March 23, downtown Miami's Bayfront Park will host Tiësto, Kraftwerk, Skrillex, Afrojack, Dada Life, Katy B, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash, Carl Cox and New Order, to name a few.

Justice, Avicii, Fatboy Slim, Duck Sauce, M83, Laidback Luke, 2manydjs, 12th Planet, Skream + Benga, Zedd, Mord Fustang, Datsik and more are on deck for Saturday, March 24.

David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade, Chase and Status, Fedde Le Grand, Knife Party, John Digweed, Steve Aoki, Magnetic Man, Gareth Emery, Sander Van Doorn, Flying Lotus and Sbtrkt are among the acts closing out the festival on Sunday, March 25.

The idea of catching the biggest Edm stars certainly has fans...

Ultra Music Festival Xiv unveils massive line-up: Tiësto, Kraftwerk, Justice (Live), Avicii, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Skrillex and more 2011 was an incredible year for festivals and electronic music. With the New Year rapidly approaching, all eyes are focused on what.s to come next with the leader being Ultra Music Festival (Ultra), the world.s premiere electronic music event. Only a limited amount of tickets remain (with early bird and advance on-sale tickets selling out in record time), so the promoters are highly encouraging fans not to miss out by unveiling the majority of the Ultra line-up on the Phase 1 announcement. Ultra is also returning to downtown Miami with Bayfront Park as its new...

When you hear the name ‘Stratford Upon Avon’, it immediately conjures up images of the beautiful English countryside; fields and fields of stunning flowers, and of course the home of William Shakespeare. However, for one weekend a year, this amazing location is transformed into one of the biggest dance music festival venues in England. As thousands of people descend onto a disused airfield a few miles outside a sleepy little town to dance the nights away in a euphoric, fun filled frenzy…this festival is of course Global Gathering.

As the weekend started, the roads leading to Long Marston Airfield were backed up for miles. However, this didn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of attendees as they all waited patiently in a queue of traffic, creeping along slowly until they finally reached the massive air field; moving quickly to unpack and pitch their tents in prime locations, ready...

David Guetta, Kaskade, Steve Angello talk to MTV News about why they couldn't get enough of the Brit's Vma-nominated 'Rolling in the Deep.'

By Akshay Bhansali

Adele

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Now in its seventh year, the Tomorrowland Festival kicked off again in Boom, Belgium, this past weekend, and MTV News was there for the entire spectacle.

The dance music event started small but over the years it has ballooned into one of the most popular electronic dance music fests in existence. The Tomorrowland of 2011 had a fairy-tale theme and was made up of 14 colorfully dressed stages, which included set pieces like enormous replicas of mushrooms and trees; two of the stages were even dominated by an oversize skull and a sun. Tl accommodated 30,000 campers on its "Dreamville" grounds, bringing the total draw for the weekend to upwards of 180,000, a figure that beat out Miami's Ultra Music Festival. (And...

Chic, Calvin Harris, Jamie xx and James Blake are among the artists who will play this year's Warehouse Project in Manchester. The Warehouse Project 2011, which starts on September 17 and ends on January 1, 2012, will be the last at the event's current Store Street venue. Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, who recently recovered from cancer, play the Smd Delicatessen evening on November 12, with support from techno legend Jeff Mills, Simian Mobile Disco and others. The opening Beginning of the End night on September 17 features DJ Shadow and Skream & Sgt Pokes. The Deconstructed night on October 7 sees performances from Calvin Harris, Felix Da Housecat and Mike Pickering. The Horrors curate on October 15 and play alongside Factory Floor, Toy and more. Carl Cox and Sven Vath play on October 21, while Jamie xx headlines (more)...

1996: Number 30 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music

Being live, collective and usually drug-enhanced, the "rave" experience has never been easy to replicate on film. But wherever there's a ramshackle youth movement, there's a clueless cash-in and, as with 60s psychedelia, Hollywood got it entertainingly wrong more often than it got it right (two words: Matrix Reloaded). Two exceptions were Doug Liman's Go (featuring Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf), which had fun with the La warehouse party scene, and Blade, whose great bloody opening (to the Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix of New Order's Confusion, trackspotters) was the last word in clubbing exclusivity. For once, the Brits knew best.

Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was ostensibly the first rave generation film, in attitude at least, though apart from Underworld's Born Slippy, the soundtrack was pretty rock-based. Instead, prime contender for...

Miami's Ultra Music Festival completed its history-making year on Sunday at the close of Miami Music Week. Throngs of dancers took part in what many returned guests longed for at Ultras in the past… an extra day, giving more time to dance.

The sold-out Ultra Music Festival is the world's largest gathering of electronic music fans. Sunday, more than a 100,000 people filed out of Bicentennial Park which was ground zero for the young, exuberant and often times sweaty dance saturated masses.

Ultra began on Friday with headliners like Tiesto, Carl Cox and Erasure commanding the attention of those in ear shot—which is arguably probably a couple of miles in diameter in Miami's downtown.

But the beat continued to pulse solid and strong all the way through Sunday's lineup. Not only did revelers enjoy their favorite hits from DJs that spun like David Guetta, Atb, Cosmic Gate, Will.I.Am,...

All-star lineup of Erick Morillo, Wolfgang Gartner, Laidback Luke, will.i.am, Diddy, Chemical Brothers and many more close out three-day bash.

By Akshay Bhansali

David Guetta and Flo Rida perform at Ultra Music Fest

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Miami — On its third and final day, the Ultra Music Festival delivered a blazing one-two punch of trance and house star power for the 50,000 fans in attendance on closing day of the annual get-together held at Bicentennial Park.

The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am joined an impressive roster of house-music performers that included Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, Erick Morillo, Robbie Rivera, Wolfgang Gartner and David Guetta.

Dutch trance music star Armin van Buuren celebrated the 500th broadcast of his A State of Trance show, this time dubbed Asot 500, in honor of the milestone. The show filled in the slot normally taken by Carl Cox's stage on Friday and Saturday,...

2011 Umf will 'be like nothing that anyone has ever seen before,' festival president Russell Faibisch says.

By Adam Stewart

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To the estimated 150,000 fans who will be passing through the gates of the most anticipated dance festival in the U.S., the building anticipation for the Ultra Music Festival is sort of like that of a child's on Christmas Eve. Starting Friday night and running through Sunday, the Ultra Music Festival will be taking Miami by storm. As crews put the finishing touches on a behemoth two-week-long build, a camera-shy Russell Faibisch, president and executive producer of Umf, was gracious enough to give MTV News a tour of the festival grounds.

"Ultra Music Festival 2011 is something that's going to be like nothing that anyone has ever seen before, on any level," Faibisch said. "The production we're doing is gonna be unlike any other festival. The caliber of...

By Adam Stewart

Well over a month after pre-sale tickets went up for grabs, Swedish House Mafia have finally shown their cards. The collective revealed the huge lineup for the upcoming Miami Music Week, which promises to rival every other dance-related event in Miami in the coming months.

In the teaser released today, dance fans got a glimpse of what Shm's "One Night Stand" might look like. In the clip, a masked beauty pilots a mysterious elevator. She is looking for the hottest party in town, and what she finds when the doors open is nothing short of epic — a sight and sound spectacle with the Swedish House Mafia on staged, again poised to make the house explode.

Performing alongside the Swedes in their only official Miami show will be turntable master A-Trak, his Duck Sauce partner in crime Armand Van Helden, Calvin Harris, Dirty South, Pete Tong, Size powerhouses Kim Fai,...

DJ/producer brings his playful, 'dirty Dutch' electro-trance Stateside as part of Oakenfold's Facelift Tour.

By Akshay Bhansali

Chuckie

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Chuckie, the DJ/producer behind "dirty Dutch" house hits like "Let the Bass Kick" and the popular remix of David Guetta and Akon's "Sexy Bitch," is among the growing list of electronic dance music hitmakers exporting their brand of "unst-unst" to the States. But he'll make his mark Stateside in a big way as he joins Paul Oakenfold's Facelift Tour this fall.

With a tour schedule that includes more than 50 club dates, famed veteran DJ/producer Oakenfold will lead sets, along with Chuckie, Calvin Harris, DJs/ songwriting sisters Nervo, Sydney Sampson, Roger Sanchez and others.

Chuckie has had acts as diverse as Lmfao, Jermaine Dupri and Lil Jon jump on remixes of "Let the Bass Kick," while his version (with Lil Jon) of "Sexy Bitch" is a dance-floor burner.

Winter Music Conference is in full swing in Miami this weekend. The event, which is in its 25th year, celebrates the music industry and its fans.

Some of the top events this year include Ultra Music festival, the International Dance Music Awards, and the highly anticipated DJ Am Tribute.

Ultra Music Festival broke records this year by completely selling out. After Tiesto performed on Friday night, the event's organizers came over the Bicentennial Park's speakers and said that the crowd help make history. For the first ever, the two day long event was sold out.

The event has been dubbed the "Best Overall Event" by Urb.Com and heralded by the Los Angeles Times as bringing "out raucous revelers as well as electronica's elite." The world's largest musical event is also considered the "Best International Dance Music Festival" by the Ibiza DJ Awards in 2008 and "Best Festival" by the Village...

Above and Beyond, Swedish House Mafia also close out the two-day fest during Wmc 2010.

By Akshay Bhansali

Tommy Lee (file)

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Miami — With over 200 DJs vying for the attention of close to 100,000 people in attendance this Saturday at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, in the end it was an Italian Stallion, the holy trinity of Swedish dance music and a guy who dons the mask of a fallen mouse that reigned supreme. Yes, on the second and final day of Umf, held at Miami's Bicentennial Park and coinciding with the city's Winter Music Conference, fans were treated to a healthy dose of dance music talent.

British techno and house DJ Carl Cox closed out the night at the Carl Cox & Friends arena. Producer Paul Oakenfold, and Above and Beyond closed out action at the Umf Brazil Arena. But of course, the Ultra Main stage is where most gathered.

By Adam Stewart

The third day of Wmc 2010 proved to be monstrous. We started our afternoon with a chat with DJ A-Trak, whose highly anticipated Fool's Gold showcase would ultimately close out our night. From there, the day snowballed into controlled insanity as we caught up with Calvin Harris, up and coming artist Burnes, Ngdj winners Maya Vanya, industry sage DJ Dan, rising star Dennis Ferrer, prolific producer/DJ Kaskade, electro rockers Shiny Toy Guns and of course the insanely huge David Guetta. And that was all before lunch.

The afternoon temperatures soared into the 80s and our interviews only got hotter. We had the honor of hosting a long chat with the godfather of all dance music Tiesto and followed that up with chats with Deep Dish member Sharam, fresh and funky DJ Riva Starr and finally the legendary Paul Oakenfold.

After briefly regrouping, and a quick shower, it...